In 2017, UK retail ecommerce sales made via smartphones will be worth £16.42 billion, eMarketer predicts, and account for 46.5% of overall retail mcommerce sales, which in addition to smartphones includes purchases made using tablets.

This year’s smartphone commerce tally will be up 45.7% from a strong 2016, when sales grew by 66.0%, an expansion more than triple the 18.0% growth seen for UK retail ecommerce overall last year….